Wild Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I've been waiting so I could binge watch it and see if the show sticks the landing. The Night Of burned me on production values over substance. Anyone here see Sharp Objects, and if so did you like it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I binged The Night Of and thought it was pretty good, though I think Sharp Objects may be more in line with something like Big Little Lies, which was fantastic, since they are both fully directed (every episode) by Jean-Marc Vallee (also directed The Young Victoria, Dallas Buyers Club, and Wild). Like you, I plan on binge-ing it, with my wife. Word of mouth is that the show is really, really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Greatoneshere said: I binged The Night Of and thought it was pretty good, though I think Sharp Objects may be more in line with something like Big Little Lies, which was fantastic, since they are both fully directed (every episode) by Jean-Marc Vallee (also directed The Young Victoria, Dallas Buyers Club, and Wild). Like you, I plan on binge-ing it, with my wife. Word of mouth is that the show is really, really good. Night Of is probably the last non-Game of Thrones series I'll watch week to week. It finally broke me of the format for good, as I watched the characters become ever more ridiculous and do ever stupider things. But, unlike a binge watch where I feel like I might have wasted a couple lazy Sundays, that felt like I invested several weeks into something I ended up not liking much at all. Great production values, but the writing wasn't up to par. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, Wild said: Night Of is probably the last non-Game of Thrones series I'll watch week to week. It finally broke me of the format for good, as I watched the characters become ever more ridiculous and do ever stupider things. But, unlike a binge watch where I feel like I might have wasted a couple lazy Sundays, that felt like I invested several weeks into something I ended up not liking much at all. Great production values, but the writing wasn't up to par. I never watch miniseries' week-to-week because their structure has always lended itself to binge watching better. I can see how The Night Of would not have been as good if I hadn't binge watched it. I watch plenty of TV (if I'm caught up with a show) week to week, but anthology shows or miniseries specifically, I wait until the full season is out to watch it. I think there is a distinction to be made there. I waited until all of American Crime Story season 1, Big Little Lies season 1, and The Terror season 1 were out before fully watching them and I think that helped enormously with enjoying all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Greatoneshere said: I never watch miniseries' week-to-week because their structure has always lended itself to binge watching better. I can see how The Night Of would not have been as good if I hadn't binge watched it. I watch plenty of TV (if I'm caught up with a show) week to week, but anthology shows or miniseries specifically, I wait until the full season is out to watch it. I think there is a distinction to be made there. I waited until all of American Crime Story season 1, Big Little Lies season 1, and The Terror season 1 were out before fully watching them and I think that helped enormously with enjoying all of them. Yea, I think for me it's all shows now, but almost everything I watch is 10 or so episodes anymore anyway. There are very few 20+ episode network shows I catch anymore. Too much filler in shows like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, Wild said: Yea, I think for me it's all shows now, but almost everything I watch is 10 or so episodes anymore anyway. There are very few 20+ episode network shows I catch anymore. Too much filler in shows like that. Yeah I don't watch any 20+ episode network shows anymore, just simply don't have the kind of time to keep up with that, I'm with you there. But I do watch things like Preacher, Better Call Saul, et. al. week to week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Wife and I binged through Sharp Objects this weekend, and it's excellent. Some really terrific work by the three leads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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